Buckle-guard



(No Model.)

G. D. MOSHER. BUCKLE GUARD.

No.. 424,721. Patented Apr. 1, 1890.

V I a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE D. MOSHER, OF BIRMINGHAM, CONNECTICUT.

IBUCKLE-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,721, dated April 1,1890.

Application filed October 14. 1889- Serial No. 326,944. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom 12 may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. MosHER, of

. Birmingham, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new Improvement in Buckle Guards; and I do hereby declare thefollowing, when taken in connection with accompanying drawings and theletters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of thisspecification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a perspective view of the guard complete; Fig. 2, a top Viewof the guard as applied to a buckle-strap; Fig. 3, a side view of thesame.

My invention relates to an improvement in buckle-guards, the objectbeing to adapt them to conform to straps of differentthicknesses.

With this end in view the invention consists in hinging the two loops ofthe guard to the plate thereof, as hereinafter described, and pointedout in the claim.

As herein shown, my improved buckle-guard consists of a sheet-metalplate A, having its ends turned upon themselves to form eyes B B, and oftwo oval wire loops C C, which are respectively passed through the saideyes, whereby they are flexibly connected with the plate. p

In making the device I prefer to form the loops and then close the endsof the blank around them, although I do not limit myself to that mode ofmanufacture.

To apply the guard, the free end of the strap D is passed through one ofthe loops, then it is engaged with the buckle-tongue E, then it ferentthicknesses and to buckles of different forms. Thus when the strap isthin or the buckle fiat the loops will be only slightly deflected fromthe plane of the plate; but in case the strap is thick or the buckleheavy or curved in shape the loops will be deflected much more than forthe thin strap and flat buckle, whereby the guard adapts itselfperfectly to any strap or buckle with which it may be used, whereasguards having rigid loops, as heretofore constructed,do not adaptthemselves to the strap and buckle and are difficult to apply, and makea clumsy job when in place.

I claim A buckle-guard consisting of two loops C C, the length of theloops corresponding substantially to the Width of the buckle to whichthe guard is to be applied, combined with a plate A, the two ends ofwhich are closed about one side of each loop on the underside of saidplate, so as to leave the loops free to swing, the said guard beingadapted to set over a tongue-buckle, the free strap passing through oneloop outside the buckle-tongue and then through the other loop beyondthe buckle-tongue, substantially as described;

- GEORGE D. MOSIIER.

IVitnesses:

EDWIN B. GAGER, W. E. HAWKINS.

